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United States Patent | 6,070,593 |
Chase | June 6, 2000 |
The apparatus of the invention broadly comprises a generally cylindrically shaped, hollow handle having an inner diameter and an outer diameter and also having a first end and a second end, a generally cylindrically shaped cutting member fixedly secured within the first end of the handle, and, a cap member comprising a hollow cylinder having a longitudinal axis and a disk-like endplate secured at one end thereof, the cap member having an inner diameter which is larger than the outer diameter of at least one portion of the handle, the cap member also comprising a clip extending from the cylinder generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The invention also comprises various modifications and alternative embodiments of the apparatus, as well as a method of cutting an end of a cigar using the various embodiments.
Inventors: | Chase; Gene (2006 Delaware Ave. #2, Buffalo, NY 14216-3528) |
Appl. No.: | 013878 |
Filed: | January 27, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 131/328; 131/248; 131/252; 131/253; 131/254; 131/255; 604/198 |
Intern'l Class: | A24F 013/24 |
Field of Search: | 131/255,253,254,252,248,329,88,89,91,92,94,328 600/564,566,567 604/198 206/276,242 |
1667065 | Apr., 1928 | Brosius | 131/255. |
2472344 | Jun., 1949 | Rosenbarger | 206/276. |
2575431 | Nov., 1951 | Smith | 206/276. |
2715961 | Aug., 1955 | Field | 131/256. |
3978981 | Sep., 1976 | Musick | 206/276. |
5535763 | Jul., 1996 | Conte | 131/255. |
5862808 | Jun., 1999 | Albarello | 131/255. |